Man dies outside Woolworths while crowd walks past

The sister of a man who died outside a Woolworths store and whose body was left in view of shoppers for hours has described her shock at the treatment of her dead brother's body.

The man died outside Darwin City Woolworths on Friday just a week after collapsing inside the very same shopping centre.

The man's sister says she was left "disturbed" and "confused" after the man's body was left laying under a sheet for four hours while the store was left open and shoppers continued to enter and exit the store.

Appearing on ABC Radio Darwin, the sister, Marie Munkara, claimed the outcome may have been different if the man had been white. She said the lack of empathy from staff was disappointing.

"He was feeling dizzy and he just wanted to be in the aircon where it was a bit cooler … he was just turfed outside," Ms Munkara said.